In its third year, the CubaCaribe Dance Festival fuses folkloric and traditional dances from Cuba and the Caribbean with those of other cultures, including Brazil, as it blends in modern dance ...

FEET ON EXHIBITION: The original ‘Mambo King,’ Pedro Aguilar, also known as Cuban Pete, danced with partner Barbara Craddock as artist Erich Padilla painted their moves on canvas at the Byron-Carlyle ...

They called him Cuban Pete; he was king of the mambo beat. (And, yes, when he danced, everything went chick-chickee-boom, chick-chickee-boom.) But here’s the thing: Pedro “Cuban Pete” Aguilar, the man ...

 This week we listen to some Afro-Cuban mambo from its beginnings in the 1940’s, through its high point in the 1960’s, to the present day. Like the words bongo and… Next we hear Pérez Prado’s biggest ...

Pedro “Cuban Pete” Aguilar, one of the leading mambo dancers of the 1950s, has died. He was 81. The mambo legend passed away Tuesday at the Sinai Plaza Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Miami, said ...

The Bay Area has been a hotbed for Cuban music for more than half a century, and despite the persistent cold war freeze on relations with the communist-ruled nation, the temperature here keeps rising.

Critically-acclaimed documentary filmmaker Lucy Walker (“Wasteland”, “Countdown to Zero”) has been spending a lot of time in Cuba. She is on board to direct a sequel to Wim Wenders’ groundbreaking ...

Pedro “Cuban Pete” Aguilar, one of the leading mambo dancers of the 1950s who performed for presidents and other world leaders and was featured in Life magazine, has died. He was 81. The mambo legend ...

When Amy Bernabeo and her friends are in the mood for authentic Cuban mambo, mojitos and sandwiches, they head on over to Corazon de Cuba, a restaurant two blocks from Long Beach's Boardwalk. Bernabeo ...

Talking-head disquisition on the role of African religion in the formation of Cuban culture lacks any especial edge, coming off as sincere yet old-fashioned piece of filmmaking. Subject is potentially ...